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Dave vs Dade - What's the difference?

dave | dade |

As a verb dave

is to assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

As a numeral dade is

one.

dave

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name David.
  • * 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169, 170:
    • David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave' just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is ' Dave , the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.

    Related terms

    * Davey * Davie

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    * * * English diminutives of male given names

    dade

    English

    Verb

    (dad)
  • (obsolete) To walk unsteadily, like a child; to move slowly.
  • * Drayton
    • No sooner taught to dade , but from their mother trip.
  • (obsolete) To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a toddler.
  • * Drayton
    • Little children when they learn to go / By painful mothers daded to and fro.
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